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Cummins Announces Ed Pence and Dave Crompton to Assume New Leadership Roles in the Cummins Engine Business

COLUMBUS, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2013--
Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI), today announced the appointment of two long
time Cummins Engine Business leaders to run key business operations
within the Engine Business.

Effective Feb. 1, Ed Pence will lead the Cummins High Horsepower
Business and Dave Crompton will lead the Heavy Duty, MidRange and Light
Duty Worldwide Product Businesses which are being combined into one
single global operating entity within the Engine Business. Pence will be
replacing Mark Levett who will take on a new role at Cummins as Vice
President of Corporate Responsibility and Community Relations and Chief
Executive Officer of the Cummins Foundation.

“The High Horsepower Business is one of our fastest growing and
profitable businesses and it is crucial to our Engine Business’ future,
and because of that, the next leader must be a capable leader with
proven results,” said Rich Freeland, President of the Engine Business
and Vice President of Cummins Inc. “Ed Pence has a long history of
delivering excellent results and has demonstrated over the years the
strong ability to successfully work with existing and new customers to
drive this crucial business forward into the future.”

Pence joined Cummins in 1981 in Purchasing and has held a variety of key
positions, working with On and Off-Highway OEM’s and end use customers,
including several years in the Australian Mining, Marine and Power
Generation markets. Since 2005, he has served as the Vice President and
General Manager– Heavy Duty Engine Business. Pence’s strong leadership
helped drive the Heavy Duty Engine Business strategy and product plan to
position Cummins for significant global growth in new market segments
with fit-for-market technologies.

Also effective Feb. 1, Crompton will assume leadership of the Heavy
Duty, MidRange and Light Duty Worldwide Product Businesses, which are
being combined to create better alignment with global partners, the
industry in general, and to best meet the needs of customers and other
stakeholders.

“Dave Crompton is an experienced leader with the proven capability to
not only operate large complex businesses, but also drive transformative
change and accelerate growth,” Freeland said. “He has done an
outstanding job leading teams to success and will be a major driver in
leading the team to success into the future.”

In his seven years as Vice President and General Manager for MidRange,
Crompton led the business through the highest investment cycle in new
products and capacity expansion and also established new business
segments and several new partnerships for Cummins. Crompton has been
with Cummins for 25 years and has worked in the Engine Business for
nearly his entire career. He has held functional roles in Sales and
Marketing, Strategy and Planning, and Supply Chain Management. Crompton
has also served as a General Manager for many core market segments
within Cummins such as Komatsu, the Chrysler business and other key
segments.

“With the strong leadership of Ed Pence and Dave Crompton in their new
roles, along with the talented and committed global employees that
comprise the Cummins Engine business, I am confident of our long term
success,” Freeland said.

About Cummins

Cummins Inc., a global power leader, is a corporation of complementary
business units that design, manufacture, distribute and service engines
and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air
handling, filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation
systems. Headquartered in Columbus, Indiana, (USA) Cummins employs
approximately 44,000 people worldwide and serves customers in
approximately 190 countries and territories through a network of more
than 600 company-owned and independent distributor locations and
approximately 6,500 dealer locations. Cummins earned $1.85 billion on
sales of $18.0 billion in 2011. Press releases can be found on the Web
at www.cummins.com.